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How was the weather in your neck of the woods today? Ours was crisp air, and a light breeze.

Today was day 1 of the of our 4 days off from work. We started it out with a 5:30 AM workout in the basement with Ash. I was so tired and wanted to just sleep in, but as soon as I felt how cold that basement was, I was instantly ready and motivated to get warm. We completed Fire 30 today. Afterwards, Court and I felt really energized, so we decided to take a nice morning walk around the neighborhood.

We walked for about 45 min, and then came home craving something warm and yumm-ay. Today’s bowl of oats was a Warm stove top cooked bowl of Carrot Cake Oats!

In the mix:

1/3 cup oats

2/3 cup unsweetened coconut milk

1/4 cup water

1/2 tsp chia seeds

1/2 tsp flax seeds

Cinnamon

1/8 tsp vanilla

6 shredded carrots

1/4 of a chopped mango

Pineapple tidbits

coconut

1/4 cup egg whites

pinch brown sugar

drizzle of agave

Top w/

Yogurt cottage cheese Icing

Pecans

Paired with some Vanilla Iced Coffee. We had a huge mess to clean up after this breakfast! lol. Dirty dishes were everywhere.

After breakfast, we finished off our workouts for the day with Jillian Michael’s “No more Trouble Zones” lifting 5 lbs the whole time again. Whew! All those reps with heavier weights than usual really makes you sweat and feel the burn. lol.

On Weight training days, Court and I are both always Starvin’ Marvins. Anyone else? So by 11:30, we were all showered up, and heading to the kitchen once again to make up some lunch. Do you remember the Protein Pizza’s of Katie’s we have made before? Well, we made them again, but today they were more of Italian style.

Italian Style Protein Pizza

3/4 cup eggwhites-Broil for 5-10 min

Then add:

2 tbs Ragu Alfredo Sauce

Fresh basil

spinach

onions

garlic

tomatoes out of the garden

1 Morning star sausage link

sprouts

veggies

Pepper

Organic Parsley Cheddar cheese

We don’t have many groceries in the house, since we are going out of town to the mountains tomorrow, so Dinner was just a bunch of random leftover cereals that were nearly empty, with some Almond butter toast.

Simple.

This almond butter is “NEW” to us…

Here are the stats. I am liking that ingredient list.

Verdict? ~ So creamy and lush 🙂 A+

Using the zucchini Bread recipe from our Xagave cookbook, we received a while back, we made the a sweet healthy tasting version. This was a great makeover to the traditional recipe our mom usually makes. This one uses Xagave in place of sugar, and whole wheat pastry flour.

Perfect for Dessert!

It is looking like a movie night with the sisters, so I’m off to go watch “The Killers.” I love Katherine Heigl!

Eats look amazing lately aren’t carrot cake oats amazing! There one of my favorites! Glad to see you girls are enjoying weight lifting! So good for you! Yum I love zucchini bread I made some a few days ago and it was amazing! I’m in love with blue diamond almond butter! It’s one of my favorites! Have a great day 🙂
Ashley

Wow I’m impressed that you guys get up so early to workout! I love the idea for that Protein Pizza! As soon as I get more stuff for pizza I am going to try it! Its been HOT here in NJ, in the 90s and humid. Although today it is a little cooler and really dreary and rainy.

Yeah, getting up early to exercise is a commitment we have made with Ashley so that we can all work out together. We have completely different schedules so sometimes we have to get up at the crack of dawn to get the job done. I used to hate waking up early to workout, but now I LOVE it!

mmmm, I love that almond butter! I’ve got a jar in my cabinet just waiting to be opened, unfortunately my mom says I have wayyyy too many opened jars in the fridge at the moment, haha! Better get to work on those first!